Covid-19 loans providing just 2% of cash needed to cover unpaid bills – research
New research by payments service bePayd said money needs to flow faster to cover the £212.8bn in unpaid invoices due to SMEs.
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Prime Minister faces overflowing in-tray when he returns to work
With the death toll mounting, PPE shortages, ongoing lockdown the Sage scandal and a vaccine a long way off, Boris Johnson has his work cut out.
Tax haven-based pub chain furloughs thousands of staff on government scheme
Stonegate Pubs, which owns Slug & Lettuce, Walkabout and Yates, has used government schemes despite being based in the Cayman Islands.
Public support in the government continues to tumble
The UK's official tally of coronavirus-related deaths passed 20,000 this weekend - a figure the chief scientist once said would represent a "good outcome".
Dominic Cummings ‘attended meetings’ of key scientific group on Covid-19
The Prime Minister’s chief adviser is reported to have been attending the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies.
“We can start reshaping the post-crisis economy now” – McDonnell
The former shadow chancellor has called on the government to use Covid-19 as an opportunity to make a dent in tax avoidance.
‘Doctor Donald’ suggests injecting disinfectants into people to fight Covid-19
The president said he is “here to present ideas”.
UK could see deepest economic slump for several centuries, Bank of England says
Gertjan Vlieghe, who sits on the central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), said in a speech that state support will help ease the pain.
Germany praised for handling of Covid-19
Chancellor Angela Merkel in turn says her country took lessons from South Korea.